The 43rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors airs this Sunday on CBS honoring five incredible artists who have spent their lives adding to the cultural legacy of their respective genres. This year’s honorees: Debbie Allen, Joan Baez, Garth Brooks, Midori and Dick Van Dyke, will be saluted by a star-studded group of performers as they receive one of the country’s highest honors for performing artists.

HOST: Gloria Estefan
Multiple GRAMMY® Award-winning singer-songwriter and actress

HONOREE: Debbie Allen
Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actress, dancer, choreographer, singer-songwriter, director and producer

PRESENTERS: Paula Abdul (Dancer, Choreographer, Singer, Songwriter)
Phylicia Rashad (Actress, Director, Sister of Debbie Allen)
Shonda Rhimes (Television Producer, Screenwriter)
Tracee Ellis Ross (Actress)

TRIBUTE PERFORMERS: Ariana DeBose (Performs “I’m A Brass Band,” “Something Better
Than This,” “Fame”)
Tony Award-nominated actress, singer and dancer

Anika Noni Rose (Performs “Out Here On My Own,” “Fame”)

Tony Award-winning and GRAMMY® Award-nominated actress and singer

Vanessa Hudgens (Performs “Fame”)

Actress, singer and producer

Vivian Nixon (Performs “I’m A Brass Band,” “Something Better Than This,” “Fame”)

Dancer and actress, daughter of Debbie Allen

Tiler Peck (Performs “Out Here On My Own,” “Fame”)

New York City Ballet dancer, actress, choreographer and designer

Desmond Richardson (Performs “Out Here On My Own,” “Fame”)

Dancer and co-founder/co-artistic director of Complexions Contemporary Ballet

Debbie Allen Dance Academy

HONOREE: Joan Baez
GRAMMY® Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and multiple GRAMMY® Award-nominated singer, songwriter, musician and activist

PRESENTERS: Jackson Browne (Singer, Songwriter)
Phoebe Bridgers (Singer, Songwriter, Producer)
Tom Morello (Singer, Rapper, Songwriter, Actor, Activist)

TRIBUTE PERFORMERS: Sturgill Simpson (Performs “House of the Rising Sun”)
GRAMMY® Award-winner country music singer, songwriter and
actor

Rhiannon Giddens (Performs “Silver Dagger” with Dirk Powell)

GRAMMY® Award-winning and CMA Award-nominated country, blues and old-time music musician

Emmylou Harris (Performs “Diamonds & Rust,” “God is God,” “We Shall Overcome”)

GRAMMY® Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and multiple GRAMMY® Award-winning singer and songwriter

Mary Chapin Carpenter (Performs “Diamonds & Rust,” “God is God,” “We Shall Overcome”)

Multiple GRAMMY® Award-winning country music singer

HONOREE: Garth Brooks
Multiple GRAMMY® Award, ACM Award and CMA Award-winning country music entertainer

PRESENTERS: Bradley Cooper (Actor, Filmmaker)
Jason Aldean (Singer, Songwriter, Producer)
John Travolta (Actor, Singer)
Wayne Gretzky (Professional ice hockey player)

TRIBUTE PERFORMERS: Kelly Clarkson (Performs “The Dance”)
Multiple GRAMMY® Award, ACM Award and CMA Award-winning singer and songwriter

James Taylor (Performs “The River”)

2016 Kennedy Center Honoree, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient and GRAMMY® Award-winning singer, songwriter and guitarist

Gladys Knight (Performs “We Shall Be Free”) 

GRAMMY® Award-winning singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman and author

Jimmie Allen (Performs “The Thunder Rolls,” “Friends in Low Places”)

ACM Award-wining and CMA-nominated country music singer and songwriter

HONOREE: Dick Van Dyke
Emmy Award, GRAMMY® Award and Tony Award-winning actor, comedian, writer, singer and dancer

PRESENTERS: Julie Andrews (Actress, Singer, Dancer, Author)
Bryan Cranston (Actor, Producer, Director, Screenwriter)
Lin-Manuel Miranda (Actor, Singer, Songwriter, Rapper, Director, Producer, Playwright)
Chita Rivera (Actress, Singer, Dancer)
Steve Martin (Actor, Comedian, Writer, Producer, Musician)

TRIBUTE PERFORMERS: Derek Hough (Performs “Step In Time,” “Put On A Happy Face”)
Emmy Award-winning dancer, choreographer, actor and singer

Laura Osnes (Performs “Step In Time,” “Put On A Happy Face,” “Jolly Holiday”)

Tony Award-nominated actress and singer

Aaron Tveit (Performs “Step In Time,” “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”)

Tony Award and GRAMMY® Award-nominated actor and singer

Pentatonix (Performs “Step In Time,” “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”)

GRAMMY® Award-winning a cappella group

HONOREE: Midori
GRAMMY® Award-winning violinist

PRESENTERS: Gustavo Dudamel (Conductor, Violinist)
John Lithgow (Actor, Poet, Author, Singer)
Bette Midler (Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Author, Comedian)

TRIBUTE PERFORMERS: Yo-Yo Ma (Performs J.S. Bach’s “Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1)
Multiple GRAMMY® Award-winning cellist

Gil Shaham (Performs “Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, II. Largo”)

GRAMMY® Award-winning violinist

Adele Anthony (Performs J.S. Bach’s “Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, II. Largo”)

Violinist

Hilary Hahn (Performs Bernstein’s “Serenade (after Plato’s ‘Symposium’) III: Eryximachus”)

Violinist

Randall Goosby (Performs Paganini’s “Caprise No. 24,” “The Body Electric”)

Violinist

Midori’s Orchestra Residencies Program

PRODUCED BY: White Cherry Entertainment

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss

DIRECTOR: Glenn Weiss

WRITER: David Boone

SUPERVISING PRODUCERS: Rob Paine & Sarah Levine Hall

PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Steve Bass

LIGHTING DESIGNER: Bob Dickinson

CHOREOGRAPHER Sergio Trujillo

MUSIC DIRECTOR: Rickey Minor

CONDUCTOR: Maestro Thomas Wilkins of National Symphony Orchestra